LONDON police are investigating a sexual abuse claim against Weinstein that allegedly happened in the UK in the 1980s.

'We can confirm the Metropolitan Police Service was passed an allegation of sexual assault by Merseyside Police on Wednesday, 11 October," Met Police said.

A spokesman for police in Liverpool said: "Merseyside Police can confirm a report was received at 8.40am on Wednesday of an alleged sexual assault in the London area in the 1980s. The report has been referred to the Metroplitan Police."

Weinstein also faces an NYPD probe as the raft of allegations against him continued to mount.

"Based on information referenced in published news reports the NYPD is conducting a review to determine if there are any additional complaints relating to the Harvey Weinstein matter," the NYPD said. "No filed complaints have been identified as of this time."

MCGOWAN SUSPENDED FROM TWITTER

It came as Rose McGowan was silenced by Twitter with the social media platform suspending her account after she hit out against Weinstein.

The social media platform suspended the 44-year-old, who was allegedly assaulted by Weinstein in 1997.

This combination photo shows actors, Rose McGowan at a premiere in Los Angeles on April 15, 2015, left, and Ashley Judd in Beverly Hilla, Calif. on July 25, 2017. Producer Harvey Weinstein is taking a leave of absence from his company after The New York Times released a report alleging decades of sexual harassment against women, including employees and actress Ashley Judd. The Times reports two co

"Twitter has suspended me. There are powerful forces at work. Be my voice," she wrote on Instagram.

She also shared a screen grab of Twitter's suspended account notification, which says "We've determined that this account violated the Twitter Rules." The message also suggests she "Delete the Tweets that violate our rules."

This morning Twitter restored McGowan's account and apologised for not being clear on its decision.

Twitter said the suspension was because McGowan tweeted a private phone number, a practice it said violated its service terms.

The company said it will "be clearer about these policies and decisions in the future."

McGowan had tweeted at Ben Affleck to "f*** off", saying the actor knew about Weinstein's history of sexual harassment because they had discussed it. McGowan says Affleck said to her "I told him to stop doing that", referring to the harassment.

She also tweeted "Now I am allowed to say rapist," without mentioning Weinstein specifically.

Social media users were quick to slam Twitter for trying to silence the actress.